BASIP - TCAS (40-113)

Serious Incident (TCAS-RA) Air Blue Flight ABQ 631 and Military Aircraft on 13-10-2017

  • Type: serious incident
  • Status: FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT
  • Operator: Air Blue
  • Flight no.: ABQ 631
  • Registration number: AP-BMN
  • Type of aircraft: 321
  • Date of occurrence: 13-10-2017
  • Date of uploading: 03-06-2026
  • Location: In-flight

On 13ᵗʰ October, 2017 M/s Airblue Flight No. ABQ 631 (A321, Reg. No. AP-BMN) operating from Abu Dhabi to Peshawar ETA 0431 UTC at 10000 ft was given further descend to 9000 ft and asked to hold over head Peshawar as Military aircraft (02 fighters JF-17) call sign Spiders were taking off from runway 17 and climbing to 8000 ft. Soon after departure of fighters, ABQ 631 reported TCAS-RA and climbed to 9800 ft as avoidance measures. Traffic information was passed to both the Military Traffic and ABQ 631.